Type

Duration

Shelf mark

Recording date

1979-06-14

Is part of (Collection)

Bob Davenport Archive

Interviewees

Davenport, Bob (speaker, male)

Interviewers

Tchalenko, John (speaker, male)

Recordist

Tchalenko, John

Abstract

His current club at the Empress of Russia; his dislike of performers who talk about the song before singing it; the deterioration of traditional Irish music sessions in The Favourite pub in Holloway and other venues, due to visits from commercial folk groups like the Spinners and the Chieftains

Description

Item notes: Interview arranged by John Tchalenko in preparation for the making of his film "The Bolden Lad: aspects of traditional music in working class Britain" (Arts Council of Great Britain, 1980) . Interviewee notes: Traditional singer. Recording notes: Recorded with 50Hz crystal neopilot track (not audible on playback copy).

Metadata record:

Bob Davenport interview, part 13

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